Melon's E30 Build.

[Melon]

Closed up for the day.

(It's raining, and the heat index is 107°)



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[Melon]

oh man ok this is still going to look really good. So I'm a little confused, and also really interested in painting a car one of these days, what paints did you end up going with? I'm a total noob when it comes to this (started researching it last night) so if you could dumb it down for me that'd be great.

I went with the most expensive shit, don't use what I've got, lol.

All PPG
EPC 15 Primer
EHP Envriobase color
Deltron 2021

If you're thinking about painting a car yourself, find a local auto paint supplier and go talk to them. You'll want a good Acrylic Urethane system, commonly referred to as 2k. Be prepared to spend some coin through, at least a thousand.

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[BUDNUNTA]

I really hope you've got some euro bumpers to go on this thing

[Melon]

Yup, I use the box they came in to test the spray patterns.

[majdomo]

Respect...this is looking awesome!!


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[Melon]

First coat of clear on. Looking pretty good so far.

I prepped the surfaces, but there's a bit more dirt that I thought there would be (based on previously spraying items in the garage) but oh well. A few runs and things to clean up later as well.

Some panels have tons of these tiny dots, hoping I can polish those out.





Note:
The ECS box is the one the bumpers came in.

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[Melon]

Second coat came out better.







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[wworm]

lookin good! Hopefully those dots will polish out no prob. I've been watching paint videos all weekend haha.

What sort of gun/compressor setup are you running?

[Melon]

Earlex 5500

https://www.amazon.com/Earlex-HV5500-Spray-Station-Watt/dp/B004RGOKR2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532971349&sr=8-1&keywords=earlex+hv5500+spray+station

Yup, it's a rinky dink system, but it got the job done.
It's a great system, but I would recommend something else were I to do this again.

[White325is]

Looks like you are spraying it a little dry. lay it on heavy so you have something to wet sand and buff, it should stop the texture it has.

[Melon]

Looks like you are spraying it a little dry. lay it on heavy so you have something to wet sand and buff, it should stop the texture it has.

Right.

I noticed after the second coat of clear I could have gone a bit heavier than the first.

[jeenyus]

The orange turned out way nicer looking than I was expecting it to honestly. When i think orange i think construction cones or supercar, no in between, but this is changing my mind.

I've planned on doing something similar to this, but need to get my tools sorted. I probably will go with a single stage urethane cause it's so incredibly easy in comparison to a 2 stage. clear coat sucks to work with, period.

[Melon]

The orange turned out way nicer looking than I was expecting it to honestly. When i think orange i think construction cones or supercar, no in between, but this is changing my mind.

Thanks man!

I probably will go with a single stage urethane cause it's so incredibly easy in comparison to a 2 stage. clear coat sucks to work with, period.

Solid plan, I wished I had gone this route TBH.

[jeenyus]

Thanks man!



Solid plan, I wished I had gone this route TBH.

Either way it's worth what you're doing. We eventually learn to appreciate all our tribulations in life. [emoji4]

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[Melon]

We eventually learn to appreciate all our tribulations in life. [emoji4]

I've always wanted to paint a car, and now I have.

Lessons learned along the way for sure.